As activities wind down in celebration of Women’s Month, the Belize City Council today singled out a group of outstanding women from all walks of life and ages for their contributions in diverse fields, from education to politics. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner and Councillor Candice Pitts were both on hand to recognize the labour […]
School children all around the country have had a busy month with meaningful and fun activities. This year, Child Stimulation Month, is being held under the theme, “Hug me, Listen to me, Read with me, HELP ME GROW!” which is key to early childhood development. Having prepared themselves, today the preschoolers from the Kiddies Campus […]
We take a break from the local news for two major developments in the region. Today, Guyana’s Court of Appeal ruled that a no-confidence motion against the government of David Granger was not valid because it was passed with thirty-three votes. That vote took place in December 2018 after Charandass Persaud switched his allegiance, setting […]
Today, President Donald Trump met with leaders from five Caribbean countries in Florida; namely Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Bahamas. Notably, these countries voted with the U.S. and against the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, at the O.A.S. in January. Belize was not invited to participate. Central to the meeting was the situation […]
The Ahmadiyya Basketball League is hosting its all-star basketball competition this Sunday in Belize City. The event will bring players from across the country, as well as Mexico, to compete in a number of basketball events and will show off their skills in a big match. Today, President of the Muslim Community Naveed Mangla shared […]
Over the weekend, senior officials from Belize Water Services Limited held a meeting with residents of San Jose Succotz in Cayo over high water bills. As we reported earlier in the month, residents are angry over inexplicably high that they received over the last two to three months. Some residents say their bill came as […]
Two men were gunned down in a brazen daylight execution this afternoon in San Pedro Town. The victims have been identified as forty-one-year-old Deon Faber and thirty-four-year old Allen Martinez. At around one o’clock this afternoon, the men were near a mechanic shop in the Boca del Rio area of town when they were approached […]
The trial of accused murderer William ‘Danny’ Mason and his alleged accomplices took a strange twist this morning when the courtroom of Justice Antoinette Moore was unexpectedly cleared. The media, as well as others in attendance, was asked to leave the session and shortly thereafter, lead counsel Herbert Panton, who has been representing Mason and […]
An application for a claim to be brought against Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was presented before Justice Shona Griffith this afternoon in Belize City. Corporal Eldon Arzu, the embattled president of the Police Association, is filing a lawsuit against ComPol Williams who has signed a statutory instrument limiting the term of office for the […]
Two of three men accused of an ATM scam in Dangriga, today saw the charges withdrawn from them, but they remain in police custody to face immigration charges. As we told you on Wednesday, Peruvian national twenty-four-year-old Luis Miguel Marroquin was granted bail prior to the withdrawal of charges. He and Colombian national thirty-six-year-old Edgar […]
Also in court…a thirty-nine-year-old Belize City resident is spending his first night behind bars at the Central Prison after he was charged for having unlawful sex three times with a minor. Albert Elroy Waller, a painter from Rocky Road, was arraigned this morning before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson. No plea was taken and he is […]
The sensational story of the killing of Luis Cabrera Junior and the chilling accident that followed involving his alleged killer and another man sent shockwaves across the Punta Gorda community. The alleged killer Alexander Ruiz fled on a motorbike with William Garcia and was injured in the accident on the road to San Antonio Village […]
The infamous John McAfee is back in the news tonight and it’s in relation to the murder of Gregory Faull who was subdued, tortured and murdered at his San Pedro residence on November eleventh, 2012. A U.S. federal district judge in Florida handed down a decision against McAfee and in favour of the estate of […]
The government announced today that the price for diesel gasoline will decrease by one cent. Yes, you heard right—one cent. At midnight tonight, the price per gallon of diesel will decrease to ten dollars and twenty-nine cents, still above the ten dollars mark. The government, via a release, explains that the decrease reflects the “stabilization […]
Two separate fatal road crashes happened on the Hummingbird and Southern Highways in the past few days. The fatal hit and run on the Hummingbird claimed the life of sixty-three-year-old Pablo Hernandez of Las Flores on Sunday night. The other happened in Hickatee Village, Toledo on Saturday night where twenty-one-year-old Adrian Choco was knocked down […]
It’s not the first time that criminals have struck during a black-out, but that is what happened when an elderly man was shot in the city earlier this week. Police told the media today that they don’t have much to go with because sixty-three-year-old Gilroy Garnett was shot during the dark and so he is […]
On Wednesday night, Joshua Gillett was shot in Belize City as he walked through an alley in Belize City. Gillett reported that he was approached by a man who shot him. Today, we asked police what caused the shooting and they say it seems to be related to an ongoing neighborhood feud. ASP Alejandro […]
Tonight, we know a little bit more about the skull that was discovered last week Thursday near Bacab Eco Park off the Philip Goldson Highway. Police say a forensic examination of the skull determined that it belonged to a male between twenty to thirty years old. In a press briefing with the media, ASP Alejandro […]
There were two small house fires in Mahogany Heights on Wednesday night. Police say that no one was at home at the time of the first fire around seven. A passerby saw the smoke inside the house and managed to put it out quickly. A short while after, another house was observed on fire. That […]
Transport woes are brewing once again. Today, police were on alert monitoring the area of the bus terminal on East Collet Canal and reportedly at the western border point. This is because there was a report that the authorities would not have allowed passengers to disembark at the terminal. Word is that a local bus […]
The Senate on Tuesday approved the appointment of six persons to the Integrity Commission. They are Lisbeth Delgado, Armead Gabourel, Wilmot Simmons, Nestor Vasquez, Zoe Roberson Zetina, and Claudette Grinage. The appointment of Chairperson, attorney Deshawn Arzu-Torres, was approved by the Senate in July 2018. This was after Justice Marilyn Williams resigned from the position […]
As you may know by now, the Department of Environment is pushing full steam ahead to phase out single use plastics and Styrofoam in Belize by December of this year. The phase out begins when the draft legislation is passed next month. Last week the D.O.E. met with importers, producers and others in the business […]
And so the phase out is a staggered process that starts with the importation followed by local production. The ban will affect the bottom line and even see many importers and local producers of plastics and Styrofoam close down that part of their business. And so while it is a win for the environment – […]
Five computers were donated to Saint Luke’s Methodist Primary School in Belize City to boost its computer lab. The now thirteen functioning stations will assist teachers and students with their research and will help to incorporate technology into lessons. The donation was made by Smart Belize; the telecommunication company has been working with the institution […]
On Thursday, the Senate ratified a loan agreement between the Government of Belize and the Caribbean Development Bank for five point nine million U.S. dollars. The monies have been earmarked for G.O.B.’s Second Road Safety Project. In 2013, the Government borrowed seven point two million U.S. dollars for the first road safety project and later […]
